Be sure and stop by the Rotary Club show. It is about 1/2 way from downtown show and the mall. Usually a very good display of antique quilts and one of the Hoffman Chalenge colections and different vendors than you will see downtown. Sew Batik is there The Stencil Co, Cherrywood has been there in the past. Cindy's Antique Quilts to name a few. Near there is Starns BBQ - very good.
There is also a food cart out back and a more relaxed place than some other places in Paducah.